CREATED: 10/27/2007 1:21:36

What a mess this season has been
with this being our 5th wet night out
10 Fridays this season.

A large majority of the games
tonight were understandably postponed -
but we do appreciate the hearty folks
and the athletic directors who decided
to play tonight and give us enough
games to crank a show for you.

In the next 30 minutes we'll show
you how Salem had to come from 13 down
in the fourth quarter.

We'll get on the field turf

carpet in Salem, Roanoke County and
Lynchburg - plus check in with perhaps
the best private school football
product in decades - former St. Anne's
star and UVA defensive end Chris Long.
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But first let's get down to the
highlights and we begin with Friday
Football Extra's number one team - the
Amherst County Lancers.

Next week - the Lancers will
tangle with fellow Seminole unbeaten
Heritage - but tonight they were in the
their element in the elements agsinst
winless Staunton River.

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Amherst Co. vs. Staunton River An absolute driving rain in
:00 Moneta tonight - one of those rains
where even the umbrella couldn't keep
you dry.

The Golden Eagles can't handle
the snap out of punt formation - and
number 14 Laurice Garland flies and
makes sure Amherst gets the ball and
great field position.

And Josh Braxton would make sure

they scored as he scoots in off the
right side to make it a 14-to-nothing.

All of the Lancers were
contributing - watch the hit the Kicker
David Kreuziger puts on the Staunton
River kick returner on the ensuing
kickoff.

Amherst would go up 21-to-nothing
and then add to 7 more as Peter Rose
carries the mail right at you and right
down the sideline. It's 28-to-nothing
Lancers early in the second quarter of
play.

Now late in the second quarter -
Rose would show is skills as he keep
grinding out the yards and pick ing up
15 and a first down on this play.
*CG ffefinal Amherst Co.

55 He would call his own number
Staunton River later in the drive for the TD. There's
14 plenty to applaud as Amherst beats
Staunton River 55 to 14 and improves to
9 and 0 on the season.

And there was no question that
Chilhowie would play last night at home
against Rural Retreat.

In fact, the streets were dry,
the skies were dry and the field was in
good shape when the Warriors and
Indians kicked things off 30 minutes
this side of Bristol.

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Rural Retreat vs. Chilhowie The moon was very full and very
:00 bright in the Chilhowie sky.

The Chilhowie Rec League
cheerleaders were with the big girls
last night hamming it up for the
cameraman.

In the second quarter with the
score tied at 7-all, Rural Retreat's
David Harrison will take a handoff to
his left and break off a big run as he
rumbles all the way to the 44 yard line
on the 20 yard carry.

Harrison would keep cranking,
only this time no one will stop him as
he cuts to his left and goes the

distance on the on the 34 yard TD run.
Rural Retreat jumps back on top 13-to-7
after the missed kick.

Chilhowie who keep the back and
forth action going as Josh Jackson
fakes the handoff and goes to his left
and eventually pitches the ball to
Robert Gonzalez. He will make a few
cuts, break a few tackles and roll 44
yards for the equalizer. The dash for
cash - along with the extra point puts
the Warriors on top 14-to-13.

Rural Retreat and Harrison would
have none of that as he just refuses to
go down without a fight on this play -
showing amazing effort as he drags
tacklers for 16 yards on the power
carry.

Harrison would win the battle of
wills by capping off the drive with the
two yard touchdown. The Indians take a
19-to-14 lead.
*CG ffefinal Rural Retreat

29 Rural Retreat would then go for
Chilhowie two, and the conversion is on the money
34 as the Indians push their lead to
21-to-14.

GRAPHIC-SALEM/HV Salem and Hidden Valley are
connected by more than their proximity
and River Ridge District affiliation.
Spartans Head Coach Stephen Magenbauer
was the first ever Football coach for
the Titans when the school opened up.
He was succeeded by current Hidden
Valley Head Coach J.R. Edwards.
GRAPHIC=DR. PEPPER Grant Kittelson was on hand for the

latest meeting between the 2 former
Friday Football Extra Player of the
week Quarterbacks and their respective
Teams.

The Cave Spring Knights played
host to Christiansburg at Dwight Bogle
Field as the Blue Demons and Knights
looked to pick up their first district
wins of the season.

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Christiansburg vs. Cave Spring The turf made playing conditions
:00 ideal, but it's still tough to sit in
the stands in this kind of weather and
not too many folks inhabited the stands
of either side.

The Blue Demons open up with the
ball on the Knights' 41 and Wes Bond
will hand off to Zac Evans, who will
zig zag his way up the field before
he's brought down at the 30 yard line
for an 11 yard gain and a first down.

Bonds will keep the offense going
as he hands off to Evans again, and
this time he will run right, and run

right through the arm tackle, avoid the
shirt tail tackle and scores from the
14 as the Blue Demons take a
7-to-nothing lead.

Cave Spring would try to show a
little life with Adam Dyer fielding
this kickoff. He will head to the left
sideline, use his blockers and his
speed and pick up 55 yards on the
return before Patrick Asconi brings him
down in Blue Demons' territory.

The Knights' Danial Downing would
then fake this pass and keep the ball
up the middle for a first down as he
moves the ball to the Blue Demons 32 on
the nine yard gain.

The Knights would then set up for
a field goal, but Tyler Caveness would
fake it out of the hold, pick up good
yardage, but he is stopped just outside
of the goal line by Sid Brown as the
Knights come up empty.
*CG ffefinal Christiansburg

30 Christiansburg and Evans would
Cave Spring make Cave pay. This time he runs
7 right, puts the juice on, shifts to his
left, hops over the defense, continues
the zig-zagging run all the way to the
endzone for the TD to make it

was on the carpet last night in
Lynchburg
GRAPHIC=LCA/FLINT HILL as the Liberty Christian Bulldogs

hosted Flint Hill Academy out of
Oakton.

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Flint Hill vs. LCA It was senior night for all the
:00 fall sports teams at LCA as the real
stars - the parents - joined their sons
and daughters on the field.

In the first quarter, Michael
Rocco will hand off to Desmond Rice and
he will takes the carry and weave his
way through the defense for 18 yards.

Two plays later - Rocco will pass
to Patrick Kelly, who scores the 12
yard touchdown on the carpet to make it
7-to-nothing in favor of the Bulldogs.

In the second quarter, Rocco will
keep slinging it. This time Scott
Highland makes the nice diving catch
for the first down as the Bulldogs
offense keeps cranking.

More Rocco and more Kelly. This
time Kelly reaches over the defender,
makes the sweet catch on the jump ball,
and comes down with it in the endzone
for the TD. The Bulldogs take a
14-to-nothing lead at that point in the
second.
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12 On their next drive the Bulldogs
Liberty Christian and Rocco will get Rice back into the

14 mix. This time Rice cuts through the
middle, breaks a few tackles and then
drags some defenders with him for 29
yards as LCA improves to 9-and-0 with
the 14 to 12 win.

tried to keep their record above the
500 mark and pick up their 5th win of
the season tonight as they returned
home to host Blessed Sacrament Academy
from up in Richmond.

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Blessed Sacrament vs. Rke. Catholic The nasty weather didn't deter
:00 the little ones who were all bundled up
and enjoying some time at the ball
game.

Sacrament's defense had it
working in the first half as Catholic
quarterback Sam Cook tries to escape,
makes one miss, but he is eventually
put down on the wet turf at Berkeley's

Bottom.

Catholic would put together a
nice drive as Brent Trent makes this
catch in traffic - although making any
kind of a catch was tough tonight with
all the moisture.

On fourth and seven - from the 32
- Jamar Brown takes the reverse
hand-off and uses those long strides to
pick up 17 big yards moving the chains
down to the Knights' 15 yard line and
the Celtics are in business.

However, that drive that had so
much promise would end on a sour note
as the Celts come up empty missing a 25
yard field goal.

Sacrament wasn't about the long
drive - but instead preferred the long
play.
*CG ffefinal Blessed Sacrament

10 Jared Sebia would give them one
Roanoke Catholic of those as he runs through the rain
7 drops and right into the endzone. It's
Double Overtime a 42 yard touchdown as the Knights lead
7-to-nothing at the half and the
visitors beat Catholic 10 to 7 in
double overtime.

The Raiders and the visitors from
the Newport News based academy kicked
things off in the rain yesterday.

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*CG ffeloc Roanoke Co.

Hampton Roads vs. North Cross The turf over on Colonial Avenue
:00 was a little mushy and the footing
advantage definitely went to the
offense. Derek Fisher sweeps to his
left, set up his blockers and does a
great job of keeping his feet and he
will carry the ball all the way down
inside the five yard line before he's
pushed out of bounds.

That set up a little option keep
by quarterback Glenn Williams, who
strings out the defense and cuts into
the endzone to put the Raiders on top
in the first half.
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6 The North Cross defense also

North Cross stepped up to put the clamps on the
28 Navigators.

The Raiders get the 28-to-8 win
and North Cross has now won 3 in a row.

it out more than any other district or
classification tonight, so in honor of
that group we offer some love for the
best player without question to play on
the state's private school field since
the turn of the century.

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2001 Number 55 - Chris Long starrred
:00 at St. Anne's Belfield in

Charlottesville where he helped STAB
win a state title his senior year in
2003.

While there he 176 tackles and 27
quarterback sacks in his final two
seasons.

Some of those came against North
Cross, and more often than not his hall
of fame Dad Howie Long was in
attendance at the games here in
Roanoke.

had a big hand in helping the Hawks
seniors beat William Campbell last week
for the third time in four tries.

Travis Wells explains that while
Miller is small in stature, he stands
tall when the spotlight is brightest.

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*CG ffeloc Gretna

October 19

*CG ffe2line Nick Miller

Player of the Week

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*CG ffe2line Chris Thurman

Gretna Head Coach

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*CG ffereprt Travis Wells

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(END SOT) offense against William Campbell,

rushing for 106 of those and two
touchdowns, to go with 292 thru the air
and three more scores, helping Gretna
stay unbeaten atop the Dogwood District
in the nick of time, by turning a 21-16
halftime deficit into a 46-21 win.

NICK MILLER/PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

CHRIS THURMAN/GRETNA HEAD COACH:

Thurman awarded the quarterback job to
the freshman Miller over Tyon Bennett,
last year's district player of the year
while under center, who has since moved

to running back. It was a move that
was met with plenty of skepticism.

THURMAN:

NICK:

Miller Time means double trouble for
Hawks opponents. Nick's older brother
Theo is one of his favorite targets.

THURMAN:

NICK:

The younger Miller is just beginning
his career at Gretna, but he is already
invoking memories of another diminutive
Hawks quarterback, Vic Hall, who broke
several state records, including
racking up nearly 14 thousand yards of
total offense before heading to UVA.

CHRIS:

TRAVIS WELLS: Hall led Gretna on a 28
game winning streak and back to back
state titles. Miller has a pretty good
start on that. The Hawks are 8 and oh
and ranked at the top of the state
single A polls. Travis Wells, Friday
Football Extra.